There Will Always Be Villains Trying to Harm Me

"Do you have the proof from Spirit Hall?" The Grandmaster turned his head, his stiff face softening into a rare, gentle smile.

"Right here!" Old Jack hurriedly pulled out the Spirit Hall certificate and handed it to the Grandmaster, whose status was clearly extraordinary, with the utmost respect.

Faced with an old man and two children, even the Grandmaster would not treat them coldly.

He took the Spirit Hall certificates from the two of them with both hands.

"A Green Onion spirit? And you actually have innate level two spirit power?" The Grandmaster saw Du Hao's certificate first, his expression remaining completely unchanged.

But when he saw Tang San's certificate a moment later, his expression underwent a massive transformation!

"Innate full spirit power... and the spirit is Blue Silver Grass, this..." The Grandmaster looked up, his previously stiff face now full of complex emotions.

He stared deeply at Du Hao and Tang San, his expression gradually growing excited. "Which one of you is Tang San?"

"Teacher, that's me..." Tang San raised his hand, his small face filled with confusion.

"Mm, excellent!" The Grandmaster nodded excitedly, clutching the certificate tightly in his hand.

Suppressing his excitement, he turned to Old Jack and said, "Old sir, let me apologize on behalf of the academy first. Leave these two children to me!"

"I will personally take them to the registration office."

The Grandmaster was in a highly agitated state. He had likely already noticed the anomaly with Tang San's spirit, and even his tone of voice had become somewhat lighthearted.

"Many thanks, Grandmaster! I won't linger any longer, then. I'll leave the trouble to you."

Having served as a village chief for many years and managing the village with great order, Jack had a keen eye and naturally understood the benefits involved.

Fortunately, Old Jack didn't say anything more.

He simply gave Du Hao and Tang San a few words of advice before walking slowly back in the direction he had come.

Once Old Jack had left.

The Grandmaster finally composed himself, turned to Du Hao and Tang San, and said, "Children, let's go to the registration office first."

"Thank you, Teacher!" Tang San, still bewildered, responded instinctively upon hearing the address.

Hearing this intimate form of address, the Grandmaster shook his head with a light chuckle. "Teacher? I am not a teacher at this academy."

"You aren't a teacher at this academy? Then why did you just represent..." Tang San looked at the Grandmaster in confusion.

Beside Tang San, Du Hao watched the scene, his interest waning as he glanced around aimlessly.

Ever since they had arrived here.

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been sticking close to his side, had suddenly disappeared somewhere.

Just as the Grandmaster and Tang San were deep in conversation, a familiar voice drifted over from inside the academy.

"A-Hao, over here." He looked up to see a refreshed Zhu Zhuqing jogging toward them.

"Zhuqing? Where did you run off to?" He looked at her with a face full of confusion; she had changed out of her maid outfit and was now wearing a simple short-sleeved shirt.

"I was listening in nearby, and I just went back to the dormitory to change," Zhu Zhuqing said with a smile, showing off her black, tight-fitting short-sleeved top.

With a sweet smile, she looked at Du Hao to show off. "How do I look in this?"

Du Hao stroked his chin and commented, "I still think the maid outfit looks better..."

Hearing Du Hao's blunt words, Zhu Zhuqing rolled her eyes at him and tapped his head. "What exactly do you have in that head of yours all day?"

"That outfit is fine to wear occasionally, but do you really want me to wear it all the time?" By the end of her sentence, Zhu Zhuqing's cheeks were slightly flushed.

"I think it would be fine..." Du Hao held his head and retorted in a small, indignant voice.

Beside Du Hao, Tang San watched this scene with great interest, and even the Grandmaster stopped talking, turning to look at the two of them with a strange expression.

Are children these days so precocious? What did I just hear? At such a young age... a maid? Is it really that stimulating? They sure play wild...

Just as the Grandmaster was still lost in his own brainstorming.

Tang San was the first to snap back to reality, looking at the Grandmaster, who was still deep in thought.

"Teacher! Where were we?" Tang San reached out and tugged at the Grandmaster's clothes, trying to steer him back to the previous topic.

After all, he wasn't a transmigrator with complete memories, so he was still very curious about certain things. The prospect of taking on a master was also very novel to him.

Watching this topsy-turvy scene.

Du Hao, who had stopped the discussion, didn't quite know what to say. After all, shouldn't the Grandmaster be the one to issue the apprenticeship quest first?

How did Little San end up taking the initiative?

Is something wrong here? The main plot seems to have gone completely off the rails.

Sigh, as expected, my little maid is the best; she helped me pay the tuition and arranged everything for me.

This is what you call enjoying life~

After a series of farces.

The Grandmaster finally regained his composure and led Tang San and Du Hao toward the academic affairs office.

At the academic affairs office, the two of them successfully became students of Notting Academy. The only difference was that Tang San was a Work-Study Student, while Du Hao was a regular student who paid tuition.

Having finished his registration smoothly, Du Hao was quite excited; after all, this was his first time staying and studying in another world.

"Tang San, my living quarters are near Dorm Seven, so we might as well head over together."

After all, he found the prospect of witnessing the first meeting between Tang San and Xiao Wu quite novel as a spectator; he simply had to see it for himself.

As for whether he should compete with Tang San for the female lead? Du Hao took a laissez-faire attitude toward it, especially since Tang San was no longer the "Buddha Tang" from the original story.

Whether this world would continue to follow its original trajectory remained to be seen.

Of course, he couldn't let Tang San be present for his first meeting with Xiao Wu.

If Tang San truly was the destined child of this world, then Du Hao wouldn't stand in his way. After all, having watched the kid grow up, he felt the boy wasn't a bad person at heart.

As for Tang Hao, he wasn't like the one in the original work who ignored his son and left Tang San to fend for himself.

Overall, he still acted like a father.

As for why this relationship had developed, Du Hao had considered that perhaps it was because Tang San hadn't caused any trouble when he was young.

He hadn't made his father feel suspicious; otherwise, it wouldn't have been a father-son relationship like the one in the original story.

That would have been raising a potential threat, and he didn't believe for a second that the Tang Hao of the original work hadn't noticed the issues with his son.

After all, any normal person would find it strange to see their young son acting overly precocious and practicing strange, incomprehensible techniques.

Anyone with a functioning brain would have sensed that something was amiss.

Thinking of this, Du Hao glanced at Tang San's back as he walked ahead, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"It's a good thing you're oblivious, otherwise your old man probably would've raised you like a wild animal..." Du Hao whispered this so softly that even Zhu Zhuqing beside him didn't hear it.

Tang San, walking in front, couldn't help but shiver, looking around in confusion.

"Why do I get the feeling that some peasant is trying to harm me..."